亚洲网紅露点

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huff

[ huhf ]

noun

  1. a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment:

    Just because you disagree, don't walk off in a huff.

    Synonyms: , , ,



verb (used with object)

  1. to give offense to; make angry.
  2. to treat with arrogance or contempt; bluster at; hector or bully.
  3. Checkers. to remove (a piece) from the board as a penalty for failing to make a compulsory capture.
  4. Slang. to inhale the vapors of in order to become intoxicated:

    to huff glue.

verb (used without object)

  1. to take offense; speak indignantly.
  2. to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
  3. to swell with pride or arrogance; swagger or bluster.

huff

/ 丑蕦蹿 /

noun

  1. a passing mood of anger or pique (esp in the phrase in a huff )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become angry or resentful
  2. intr to blow or puff heavily
  3. Alsoblow draughts to remove (an opponent's draught) from the board for failure to make a capture
  4. obsolete.
    tr to bully
  5. huffing and puffing
    empty threats or objections; bluster
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈蝉丑, adjective
  • 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈濒测, adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of huff1

1575鈥85; imitative; puff
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of huff1

C16: of imitative origin; compare puff
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with huff , also see in a huff .
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Example Sentences

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It鈥檚 not unusual to see participants sweating and huffing, their limbs trembling, at the end of a set.

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And then there鈥檚 Fox Business鈥 Larry Kudlow 鈥 once a proud free trader, now just another guy huffing Trump fumes 鈥 saying, 鈥淏uying cheap goods is not a real prosperity.鈥

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A third centered on concerns about whether, while relieved of duty in 2015, he鈥檇 undertaken policing action when he detained someone who appeared to be huffing gas from an air-conditioning unit near his home.

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鈥淭hese muscles were not made for violence,鈥 he huffs.

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鈥淚nexcusable,鈥 he huffed, echoing Trump鈥檚 suggestion there may be political terms for wildfire relief.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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